In a 3-1 victory over Liverpool at the Emirates on Sunday, Arsenal was largely responsible for all three of its goals. Van Dijk’s defence was criticised by Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane.

 

A defensive blunder by van Dijk and Liverpool custodian Alisson allowed Gabriel Martinelli to score with ease, giving Arsenal the lead again in a pivotal Premier League championship encounter.

 

Despite van Dijk having been a pillar of the Liverpool defence for a considerable amount of time, Keane was unimpressed with the player’s performance in an interview with Sky Sports after the game.

 

“I can’t believe how bad they were,” Keane remarked, describing Liverpool’s energy both with and without the ball.

 

Arsenal deserves praise because they showed up and got to work. Liverpool’s goals conceded defensively were akin to that of a bar team.

Virgil van Dijk’s defending was slated by Sky Sports pundits after Liverpool’s defeat to Arsenal

Van Dijk was singled out by Roy Keane, who held him accountable for the three goals the Gunners scored.

 

Leandro Trossard had lots of space to attack the Liverpool goal for the third goal, which made Keane remark that “Trossard can’t believe his luck here” and that “he’s almost reluctant to shoot.”

 

In his opinion, van Dijk ought to have jumped or lunged in to try to fend off the threat, which ultimately resulted in the goal that gave the home team the victory.

 

Later on, Keane scored all three of Arsenal’s goals by singling out van Dijk. “I blame him for the three goals,” Keane declared. He has every right to have a poor game, but in a game this important, giving up three goals is bound to hurt them come playoff time.

 

Carragher, the legendary former player for Liverpool, agreed with his colleague Sky Sports analyst.

 

Regarding Arsenal’s second goal analysis, he stated: “I believe it’s a major error that you probably make once a season, and it just so happened.” Van Dijk needs to address it.

 

Carragher criticises Alisson as well, saying that the ball ought to have been headed out of harm’s way.

 

‘Don’t complicate things,’ Carragher stated. Keep it from bouncing. We’re talking about schoolboy stuff, after all. We genuinely are. All he needs to do is head back to Konate.

 

Martinelli gave van Dijk a shove, but he had every right to do so as he challenged for the ball. Carragher acknowledges that it may have given Alisson a little pause, but he doesn’t hesitate to say that Liverpool ought to have had the fundamental understanding of football to handle that circumstance.

A calamitous mistake from Alisson and van Dijk gifted Arsenal the lead at the Emirates

According to Carragher, the two seasoned Liverpool players ought to have understood how to handle it.

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“That’s always got a chance of happening if you let the ball bounce,” Carragher continued. As I previously stated, “As a defender, just deal with it. This is not about playing at the highest level; that’s something you learn at the bottom level of football.”

 

Then, defending their respective achievements over the previous five years while wearing Liverpool uniforms, he says, “I think that’s why Liverpool are back where they are.” However, that was a mistake.

 

In his post-match interview with Sky Sports, Van Dijk accepted responsibility for the mistake but stated that Liverpool still had an opportunity to make things right.

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